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What the hell is this weird alien looking spiral in the desert?
Like the remains of a long lost human civilization, this formidable structure in the remote plains of El Gouna, Egypt extends over one million square feet in the Sahara Desert. It’s so big that you can see it from space—like some sort of stargate ready for an alien invasion. But, despite its appearances, the structure … Continued
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Watch this meerkat getting tickled and laughing histerically
I didn’t know that meerkats could laugh, let alone that they were this ticklish. It’s hilarious—and kind of freaky, actually. Anyone knows which other animals can laugh? Bonus video: Meerkat sleeping. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
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Impressive images mix classic paintings and modern London street views
Reddit user Shystone has put together some really impressive mashups of classical paintings and Google Street View snapshots of London. They show how much and how little the city has changed in the last few hundred of years. The one above shows a 1749 Canaletto painting of Westminster Abbey. The Westminster Palace—which is the home … Continued
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Cool composite image of a fully armed F-35 doing a 360-degree roll
Oh wow. This awesome image by Matthew Short for Lockheed Martin’s Code One Magazine—spotted by David Cenciotti—is now my new phone background. Here’s the full photo, for your downloading pleasure: Lt. Col. Brent Reinhardt completes a 360-degree roll in F-35A AF-1 with a full weapon load during a test flight from Edwards AFB, California, on … Continued
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New Zealand is a magical land with or without elves
Shawn Reeder made this impressive time-lapse of New Zealand after he decided to leave his home to become a film maker travelling around the world. His first stop was the country he always wanted to travel to “for as long as [he] can remember.” Looking at this video, it was a good decision. In the … Continued
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Rare photo of two F-16 landing simultaneously in perfect sync
This is something you don’t see every day: Two fighter jets landing simultaneously in perfect synchronization on the same runway. Two U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 35th Fighter Squadron land in sync after a training sortie Feb. 13, 2014, at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. The pilots faced different training scenarios to … Continued
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Hilarious corgi running on a carousel is a perfect metaphor of life
I’m not going to be a hamster on a wheel anymore. I will be a corgi running on a carousel. This never-ending GIF wins my own personal internet forever. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
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From Beyoncé to Sinatra: Photos of the food and drinks stars demand
Brooklyn-based photographer Henry Hargreaves is a master of still life photography. His Band Rider series—made in collaboration with Caitlin Levin—is one of my favorites. Using a Flemish painting style, these photos portrait the food and drink that many famous artists demand in their shows, from Beyoncé Knowles and Frank Sinatra to Britney Spears and Busta … Continued
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These incredible before and after shots of Ukraine are terrifying
These photoshopped images combine shots of Kiev from before and after the riots using the same vantage points. Looking at the dramatic contrast between happy people enjoying the sun and peace and the anger of people behind in barricades is disheartening. I’ve seen the same type of montages around the web, so I used the … Continued
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Incredible drone video shows Ukraine’s riot battlefield from above
A drone films protesters clashing with police forces as tires and Molotov cocktails burn in Kiev’s Independence Square. The battle has started again, after yesterday’s failed truce. At least 75 have been killed on since last Tuesday, according to Ukraine’s government officials. https://gizmodo.com/photoshops-show-the-dramatic-difference-between-peace-a-1528024358 SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
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Daredevil men fixing a zeppelin in mid-flight over the Atlantic
Awesome photograph of men fixing the 776-foot-long LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin in mid-air while on a transatlantic trip from Europe to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. https://gizmodo.com/german-photographer-alfred-eisenstaedt-one-of-the-great-1527167010
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Believe it or not, this awesome magical thingamajig exists
Excuse my ignorance, northerners of the world, but I didn’t know such wonderful thingamajigs existed in that snowy world of yours. May the Gods of Snow always protect you. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
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The real highway to hell is in Russia
This is the Tolbachik volcano, laying down roads of magma over the Peninsula of Kamchatka for condemned Russians to drive on their way to hell in cars equipped with dashcams. At least, that’s what it looks like in Lusika33’s photographs. It’s truly pretty—in a Mordor kind of way. Watch the rest of the series here. … Continued
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Cute arctic fox contemplates a massive solar wind storm hitting Earth
SunViewer posted this amazing photo by Vladimir Scheglov, taken on January 19 at the Kupol mine in the Chukotka region of Russia, just after a Coronal Mass Ejection hit Earth to produce some beautiful northern lights. He’s like “whatevs, I will just chillax and look cute here.” According to Scheglov, “the Kupol mine has banned … Continued
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Fearless men repair the Graf Zeppelin in mid-flight back in 1934
German photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt—one of the greatest artists in the history of the medium—used his Leica to take this stunning photo of a crew repairing the Graf Zeppelin in mid-air, after a storm in the middle of the Atlantic damaged the airship’s skin en route to Rio de Janeiro in 1934. It looks so surreal—like … Continued
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You have to be a bit insane to land in this Dutch airport
Gilze-Rijen is—according to The Aviationist—one of the airports with the lowest final approaches in the world. They get so low that, when you are there, you think they are going to touch down on the road that crosses the head of the runway. And in fact, that has happened. The first image by Jimmy Van … Continued
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The weirdest rainbow I’ve ever seen looks like a nuclear bomb
This photo may look like the beginning of a nuclear bomb explosion or a magic portal opening in the sky, but it’s a rare rainbow pileus cloud captured by Peter Lowenstein. From NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day: Pictured, behind this darker cloud, is a pileusiridescent cloud, a group of water droplets that have a … Continued
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The F-35 has a friendly R2-D2 on board connected to an evil HAL 9000
DefenseTech has a good summary of a recent 60 Minutes segment on the F-35, America’s most expensive combat airplane yet. The Pentagon talks about how it uses “Star Wars-level technology.” The pilots, however, aren’t so enthusiastic. RD-D2 vs HAL 9000 CBS News’ national security correspondent David Martin says that the airplane’s Autonomic Logistics Information System … Continued
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It’s hard to believe these water droplets are not computer generated
Adobe asked artist Alex Trochut to recreate the company’s logo “using the technique of his choice.” This is the impressive result, which I love because of its use of color and the fact that he didn’t use digital software to create these perfect bubbles. Listen to Alex explaining how he made them: SPLOID is a … Continued
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NASA reveals the mystery of how stars explode
NASA has created the first ever map of radioactive material in a supernova remnant, revealing one of the biggest mysteries in the universe: How stars blow up in these explosions, sowing the universe with heavy elements like iron, titanium or gold. The 3D simulation above shows the explosion process in Cassiopeia A, rendered from data … Continued
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